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Got to the lake @430, headed to Hauser, fishing in the dark and fighting the mosquitoes, bugs. Very slow for the first two hours, only managed 4 and two aggressive blue gills. Busters were around but didn’t last long after the sun came up. It was super hot and humid! Ended up at 20 bass 2 gills. Big...

Smart to get out before the storm Dave. Save it for another day.

Thanks for the report Dave. That was the highlight of the day catching them on the donkey rig.

Got there @5:30, and you can feel the heat coming. Headed back to Hauser picking up one on popper, another on a crawler. Very slow until busters came up, five other boats around and we sat waited for them to bust around us. It was fun if you can land on top of them, jerk bait and flukes worked for m...

Glad you guys caught them , its fun when they bust everywhere! Last week i caught two on one cast,using the donkey rig. Yes it was HOT!

Nice work Dave.

Similar to your report Dave, I did get 4.7lb on a jig and 3.2 on flukes. Ended with 7 bass, cooler weather definitely effect the bite.

Got on the water @6, it was cold 45 degrees, felt like opening day. Noticed the water was down again, headed to Hauser and picked up 3 on popper early, 1 on Ned rig. Then went back to where they were busting, seems like everyone was there, boaters, tubers and kayakers. We didn’t have to chase, they ...

i believe it's the 2nd tuesday of each month before, so for May opener, tickets on sale in April.

My second trip to Hodges and it was fun to get them on popper, did get a blow up on a frog!
Ended up with 3 bass. Biggest was 3.5 lb

Thanks for the post, can't wait!!!

Yes Bacarrac was fun! Dave got his PB and we're already thinking about next year, anyone interested just pm me and i'll give you the details.
Barrett will be awesome again.

Nice work Dave!!

On the ticket master app it shows at the end. Go to events

Met Dave and Joe and was on the water @4 am thanks to Jose getting the crowd in, it was busy. Headed to Hauser and started with the popper in the dark and got a nice 5lb on the second cast. Top water was working all day for me, popper and crawler. Did find some busters on jb. Similar to last year, i...

It’s the noise and slow twitch that gets them. The bigger crawler like the I-wing draws the bigger fish

It was cooler,not cold, at 4am it was in the 50s, warmed up nicely. Good luck.

Nice work. I was back there, it was a little difficult with all those threes but worth it. A kayak is easier than a boat and yes frog bite will be on soon, I did get 2 on frog.

First in line, got on the water with Dave @4:30, it was cold and foggy. Headed to Hauser, didn’t find fish till sunrise, fog and cold had something to do with it. Started to get them on popper, few blow up on frog,the crawler seemed to get the quality fish. Much slower than last week, ended up @20+ ...

Try a bigger jitterbug or the pompadour crawler. The bigger fish seems to crush it better.